Clothes-line fastener



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No.v 521,971. A PatentedhJunQ 26, 1894.

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HENRYEETKA, or GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

CLOTH Es-LlNE PASTI-:Neav v sPEcIEIoATIoN frming part of Letters PatentNo. 521,971, dated June 2e, 1894.

Application filedMarch 19, 1894.

ids, in the county of Kent and State of Michil gan, have inventedcertain new and usefulImprovements in Clothes-Line Holders; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates' to improvements in clothes line fasteners, and itsobject isto provide the same with certain new and useful features,hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in theclaim, ref erence being had to the accompanying drawings, in whichjFigure l is aside elevation of my device; Fig. 2 a front elevation ofthe same; and Fig. 3 a plan View.

Like letters refer to figures.

A is the plate or base, by means of which my device may be secured toapost'or in any suitable place. Y

B, B, are brackets, or lugs on said plate, through which pass the endsof the post C, which post carries thel arm D and the lateral plates, orwings H. The lower end of said post is transversely divided, andoutwardly bent to prevent its removal from the brackets B. From the armD are oppositely projecting yoke hangers E, E. In the upper yoke E isjournaled the pulley F, vand in the lower yoke E', is journaled the camG, which cam is notched or corrugated on its outer surface at one sideand carries the weight G at the other side.

I is a clothes line, which when passed over the pulley F and downwardbetween the corlike parts in all of the presence of two witnesses.

Serial No. 504,340. (No model.)

rugated side ofl cam G, and the face ofthe plate H, is pressed by theaction of said cam against said plate and rmly held thereby.

My device is adapted to hold two lines as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, one oneach side of the arm D. By this arrangement of parts, I am enabled totighten the line by simply taking hold of the same beneath the cam G andpulling downward. The line passing over the pulley F, is held invertical position as it passes between the plate H and the cam G, thusleaving said cam to freely operate. The corrugated side of said cam isheldincontact with the line by means of the weight G', and

smooth outer face on said post below said arm, an upwardly turned yokehanger carrying a pulley and a downwardly turned hanger carrying a camon said arm, said cam having a corrugated face on one side, and a weightattached at the other side, substantially as described. Y-

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in HENRY BETKA.

- Witnesses:

B. SUITsELER, Y

LEWIS E. FLANDERs.

